Headhunterz - Live Forever [Art Of Creation]

[John Cove]

I think most Hardstyle artists are really boring characters, so Heady is an interesting exception. His reception is controversial but interesting.

[Freddy]

Three things I got from that video.

1. it's nice to see that he's alive and doing well
2. This track took almost TWO YEARS????? I think this track is incredible and maybe it's truly a labor of love but that's insanity. No way we get new HHZ music anytime soon right?
3. Consciousness almost got an official release which is dope but makes me sad it never got an official release. But it's clear where he got the inspiration from and this was born which is cool

2. More than two years of production.

He mentioned he started to produce it a year before it was actually played at Defqon and more than a year after it to define all the sounds and finish it.

[battlejellyfish]

2. This track took almost TWO YEARS????? I think this track is incredible and maybe it's truly a labor of love but that's insanity. No way we get new HHZ music anytime soon right?

doesn't mean he spent day and night with only this track for 2 years tho, just the initial idea was born in 2022

I'm loving this track, easily a top 5 material for this year in my eyes and I hope he's going to give us more listening experience focused songs later

[Reverse Ghost]

It takes him two years to produce a single track, and 5+ years to "perfect" the P1 album. Yet other bands and musicians such as King Gizzard, METZ, and Thee Oh Sees will create amazing songs or albums on a regular basis, usually multiple times a year, while also touring. I honestly don't get it. Is it perfectionism?

[battlejellyfish]

It takes him two years to produce a single track, and 5+ years to "perfect" the P1 album. Yet other bands and musicians such as King Gizzard, METZ, and Thee Oh Sees will create amazing songs or albums on a regular basis, sometimes multiple times a year, while also touring. I honestly don't get it. Is it perfectionism?

a combination of perfectionism, working on some other stuff that has closer deadlines and since it's a solo track he works on it alone(?) unlike the bands with multiple people mentioned? so many possible factors to extend that time

off-topic: good that you've mentioned METZ because I need to check those new songs, I "stopped" following them around Strange Place

[Amperial]

It takes him two years to produce a single track, and 5+ years to "perfect" the P1 album. Yet other bands and musicians such as King Gizzard, METZ, and Thee Oh Sees will create amazing songs or albums on a regular basis, usually multiple times a year, while also touring. I honestly don't get it. Is it perfectionism?

Maybe or just feelings & emotions.
Or just dishing out tracks.

Regain or RR explained it too. They „don‘t feel“ sticking in the past. Its like doing things you did being 16 with 35. Who knows if its the same with P1.

As a fan:
Do you want a Project One Album?
Do you want a soulless Project One Album?
Do you want a real Project One Album?
Would you accept him not dropping it as he doesn‘t feel the concept anymore?

There are a lot of inbetweens.

He took his time off. It can have many reasons at once. It can be perfectionism too. It can also be capturing a special feeling in a track once and than going to normal productions habits. Or taking time to develop new production skills to drop tracks in fast speed afterwards.

But i honestly think he explained it in the video. You are actually asking questions he can‘t explain either.

[Xurreal]

But i honestly think he explained it in the video. You are actually asking questions he can‘t explain either.

sums it up, though I believe Heady is a prime example for showing lotta signs of perfectionism which itself is quite common in music industry.
Dealing with it is everything but easy and can be both - rewarding or hindering your progress.

[elgrekoz]

It takes him two years to produce a single track, and 5+ years to "perfect" the P1 album. Yet other bands and musicians such as King Gizzard, METZ, and Thee Oh Sees will create amazing songs or albums on a regular basis, usually multiple times a year, while also touring. I honestly don't get it. Is it perfectionism?

firstly, you talk about "bands" and a single dude. Secondly, if you listen to these bands albums, neither the sound design nor the sound quality is on par with what Heady delivers.

[Reverse Ghost]

It takes him two years to produce a single track, and 5+ years to "perfect" the P1 album. Yet other bands and musicians such as King Gizzard, METZ, and Thee Oh Sees will create amazing songs or albums on a regular basis, usually multiple times a year, while also touring. I honestly don't get it. Is it perfectionism?

firstly, you talk about "bands" and a single dude. Secondly, if you listen to these bands albums, neither the sound design nor the sound quality is on par with what Heady delivers.

Do you listen to any of those bands, or are you just saying they sound bad for the sake of being a contrarian? Mind you that despite bands not being a single dude, they pump out more music of excellent quality than Hardstyle Jesus who takes two years to change the kicks in one part of a single track.
If you want a more apt comparison, Atmozfears puts out more tracks that have as good "sound quality" as Heady's without the inflated ego.

[ceero]

Secondly, if you listen to these bands albums, neither the sound design nor the sound quality is on par with what Heady delivers.

You can't be serious here man. Thats literally like saying 'this oil painting is a sub par qualitywise to this digital art'. Apples and oranges.